NOTE: Monthly percent changes are seasonally adjusted. Index: 2005=100
Yen level of sales in billions.
Large retail stores: 50 employees or more.
Large department stores: at least 1,500 sq. meters of floor space for stores
outside Tokyo and 3,000 sq. meters or more for stores in Tokyo.
Large supermarket stores: at least 1,500 sq. meters of floor space with at
least 50 percent of sales classified as "self-service."
* Excludes stores open less than one year.